Garbage-receptacle.



PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

T. H. JOHNSTON. GARBAGE REOBPTACLE.

APPLIOATION FILED 313.23. 1907.

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TORBETT H. JOHNSTON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GARBAGE-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1 9H Application filer] February 23,1907 Serial No. 358.870.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, Tonnnr'r HI JoHNsToN, a citizen of the United States. residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garbage receptacles. Y

The object of my invention is to provide a garbage receiving mechanism into which the garbage may be readily placed and from which it may be readily removed.

My invention provides a frame adapted to be sup ported adjacent a fence having an opening through which the garbage receptacle may be passed when the receptacle is slid into and out of the supporting frame.

My invention provides further a cover supported by the frame and adapted also to cover the garbage receptaclewhen the receptacle is in the frame.

Other novel features are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In. the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a. perspective view of my improved garbage receiving mechanism. Fig. 2 is an end elevation view of the garbage receiving mechanism connected with a fence havipg an opening for the passage of the garbage receptacle. Fig. 3 is a. top view of the garbage receptacle and the frame, the frame having a portion broken away and thecover removed. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the vertical plane corresponding to the dotted line a-b of Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts.

1 denotes a garbage receptacle, preferably of general rectangular form, and having an open top and perforate bottom. The outer end of the receptacle 1 is preferably vertical and has secured to its outer side a handle 2. The inner end of the receptacle 1 is preferably inclined, so that the contents may be readily discharged.

The supporting frame comprises a rectangular top portion and front and rear supports, the top portion having an opening, and a cover for closing said opening. 'lhe top. portion of the frame compriscs preferably the following partsz-A horizontal U shaped angle bar 1 has secu ed to the upper sides of the ends of its arms an inverted U shape plate or member 4 to which is hinged a cover 5 which extends to the transverse portion of the U shaped bar 3. The rear supports (3 are preferably vertical angle bars secured at their upper ends respectively to opposite arms of the angle bar 3, the lower ends of the supports 6 being adapted to rest upon the ground. Crossed braces 7 are secured at their ends to opposite supports 6. Two braces 8 are secured at their lower ends respectively to the supports 6, and at their upper ends to the opposite arms of the angle bar 3. The front support of the frame comprises preferably a U shaped bar 9, the upper ends of which are secured respectively to the arms of the bar 3. The horizontal portion of the bar 9 is adapted to rest upon the lower stringer 10 of a fence 11 in which is provided an opening through which the garbage receptacle 1 may be passed.

On opposite and outer sides of the receptacle 1 are provided two longitudinal flanges 12 slidable on the inwardly extending horizontal flanges of the bar 3 on which is supported the receptacle 1. The open top of the receptacle 1 is adapted to be covered by the cover 5. The receptacle 1 has secured to the inner sides of its side walls a horizontal transverse handle 13.

In oprating the invention, the cover 5 is raised so that the garbage may be deposited in the garbage receptacle 1. The supporting frame is not closed at the bottom so that any liquid in the receptacle 1 will pass through the perforate bottom of said receptacle and upon the ground by which it is absorbed. The person who gathers the garbage grasps the handle 2 and withdraws the receptacle 1 from the supporting frame through the opening in the fence 1'. After emptying the receptacle the receptacle is slid into the supporting frame, the flanges 12 of the receptacle 1 resting upon the horizontal flanges oi the angle bar 3.

My invention may be modified in different ways within the scope of the appended claims without departing from its spirit.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;--

1. in a garbage receiving mechanism. the comhlnntion with a rectangular vessel having an open top and a perforntcbottoln, and having one vertical and one inclined cud. or .two bundlcs. ouc secured to the outer side of one cud, and the other svcurcd transversely to opposite sides within said vessel, u frame, In and out of which the vessel is .slldnhle horizontally, and a cover hinged to the frame and adapted to cover the. open lop of the said vessel.

:2. The (-umhiunilon \vllh u i'cncc having on opening, of :l supportins, frulne having an open top and an open curl which is supporlcd by the fence. the frnmc having an open hollom. u garbage receptacle horizontally sllduhle in and out of said frame through said l'cucc opening, the garbage rcccptuvlc having an open top and perforate bottom, and :1 cover hinged to the frame and adapted to cover the open lop of the garbage receptacle.

3. The combination with a supporting frame comprising on the flanges of the frame, and a cover hinged to the frame and adapted to cover the opening in the top portion and also the open top of the garbage receptacle, the gar- .bage receptacle having one vertical and one inclined end, 10

and having a. handle secured to the outer side of the vertical end.

In testiinony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscrlblng witnesses.

TORBETT H. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses:

E.,-E. Snmnnnsn, E. B. HOUSE. 

